CVE-2020-25739
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CVE-2020-25739 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.1/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in the gon gem before gon-6.4.0 for Ruby. MultiJson does not honor the escape_mode parameter to escape fields as an XSS protection mechanism. EPSS estimates a 1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in the gon gem before gon-6.4.0 for Ruby. MultiJson does not honor the escape_mode parameter to escape fields as an XSS protection mechanism. To mitigate, json_dumper.rb in gon now does escaping for XSS by default without relying on MultiJson.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gon Project | Gon | < 6.4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 18.04 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
References
- https://github.com/gazay/gon/commit/fe3c7b2191a992386dc9edd37de5447a4e809bc7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4560-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/gazay/gon/commit/fe3c7b2191a992386dc9edd37de5447a4e809bc7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4560-1/Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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